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` TEDASTATES PATENT' OFFICEs i LFSTER ASOHVAEFFER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB OF TWO-THIRDS TO WILLIAM A. IIAIJTEMAIVANDWILLIAM G. OLWIN, OF SAME PLAGE.

` HANDy-RAKE.

` SPECIFICATIONforming `part of`Letters' Patent No.`289,5i7', dated December 4, 14883.

i Application iilerlJune1 14,1883. (No model.) l

T all whom t may concern; y v p Be it known that I, LnsTER A. SGHAEFFER, "of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain Improve 'l 5 ments in Hand-Rakes, of whichthe following `r the manner of securing the teeth; Figs. 5, 6,

and 7 views illustrating modifications.

The object of this invention is to produce a cheap and eflicient hand-rake, which shall be strong and durable in construction; and with 2o this end in view I forrn said rake witha head or stock, A, and a series of teeth, B, of the peculiar construction shown. `Each tooth is formed with a `round-ed or curved end and with two sides or branches, a and b, the fori i mer having its end bent and inserted into the stock, or, if preferred, passed entirely through the saine, and the latter being passed through the stock or head and carried backward in the form of an extension, c, which extensions col- 3o lectively form a hood or guard, C, to prevent the grass, leaves, &c., from falling over the head or stock. The outer or end teeth have their extensions d made much longer than the others, and curved or bent around toward and i 3 5 attached to the socket D, which is located niidway between the ends of the stock or head, as shown. The extensions d of the end teeth thus form an outer support or frame for the hood C, to which the extensions c of the inter` 4o mediate teeth are attached, as shown, said parts serving to mutually stiften and support each other, and forming a guard. or hood, through or over which leaves, grass, Src., can- ,not readily pass. The teeth at each side of the socket have their ends a bent inward toward the socket, so that the two sets of teeth present the appearance indicated inFigs. 2 and 3." This, however, is not essential, though y i preferred.

y 5o If the rake is designed for rough usage, it

will be found advisable to carry the ends a entirely through the head or stock, and to bend or clinch them, or to make a` slight bend or shoulder in the extensions c d, immediately in rear of the stock, or both;l The extensions c 5 5 are bent or coiled around the extensions d, which latter may be slightly bent or indented to preventthe extensions@ from slipping or being displaced laterally. The ends of the extensions d may be passed through the socket- 6o iron D and clinched or bent down, or secured in any other convenient manner. The flat faces of the teeth are designed to stand parallel with the,J length of the head or stock. A suitable handle is secured in the socket-piece D, as usual.

Although the construction above described and illustrated in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4L is preferred, it will be seen that the saine result, sub

stantially, can be produced `by passing both 7o branches of each tooth upward above the rakehead, where they maybe vtwisted or locked together, as in Figs. 5 and 6, or secured to frarnei wires d, in `the same manner as the single branches inFig. 1; or the guard frame-wires, 75 pr both the frame-wires and the upright wires, may be inade separate from the teeth, as in Fig. 7, which shows two slightly-varyingarrangements. These I consider as the equivalents of the iirstdescribed construction, so far 8c as they go, and falling Within my invention, but not the full equivalents.

Iam aware it was proposed long ago to continue or extend the wires of which the raketeethwere formed upward froin the rake-head to the handle to' forni braces, as is shown by l thepatent to Andrew J. Blodgett, dated Septem'ber l, 1857, and this I do not claim; but such braces are not adapted to answer the pur` poseoil a hood or guard, such "as is formed byv 9o claim isroo l. The herein-describedv rake, consisting of head A, teeth B, and hood C, vall constructed substantially as shown and described.

2. In a rake, the combination of a head7 end teeth having extensions carried back of the head and inward toward the mid-length thereof, and intermediate teeth secured to the head, and having rearward extensions attached to the extensions of the end teeth, substantially as shown and described.

. 3. In a rake, the combination of end teeth h aving` extensions d, meeting at the mid-length of the rake-head7 and intermediate teeth provided with rearward extensions c, running directly back and attached to the extensions d, substantially as shown and described.

4. The herein-described rake, consisting` of head A, teeth B, provided with extensions c d, jointed together above the head to form hood C, and socket-piece D, all combined and arranged substantially as shown and described.

5. In a rake, a series of separate and inde- .pendent teeth having their ends extended above the rake-head, and jointed together or connected7 substantially as shown and vdescribed, to form a hood from end to end of the rake-head.

6. In a rake, a guard consisting of an outer frame-Wire and a series of short Wires extendin g from the frame-wire to the rake-head7 substantially as shown and described.

,t LESTER A. SCHAEFFER. Vitnesses:

WV. G. OLWIN,

W. A. HALTEMAN. 

